People like their heroes

Nice and squeaky clean

Well, that's just not the man I'll ever be

I got mud on my boots

Blood staining' my hands

I don't dress it up, I am who I am

They talk like sinnin' is somethin' you choose

But some of us were born already bruised

Ain't nobody perfect

Hell, I'm livin' proof

I'm just a lost soul

Hidin' from the truth

I won't stand and claim

That I'm finally free

I'm just learning' to live

With this beast in me

If perfection's the gate

Where only good men go

Then I'm the one they're keepin'

Buried in the dirt below

Tried wearing' a smile

Just to stop the "whys"

Choked on my tongue

And fed 'em the lies

Thought I had outrun that ghost in my head

But he's still there, waitin' to shoot me dead

They say change comes if you want it bad enough

But wanting' it don't mean that the work ain't rough

Ain't nobody perfect

Hell, I'm livin' proof

I'm just a lost soul

Hidin' from the truth

I won't stand and claim

That I'm finally free

I'm just learning' to live

With this beast in me

If perfection's the gate

Where only good men go

Then I'm the one they're keepin'

Buried in the dirt below

I ain't askin' for mercy

I ain't claiming' that I'm clean

Just tired of wearing' these masks

Pretending' to be who they want me to be

Ain't nobody perfect

Hell, I'm livin' proof

I'm just a lost soul

Hidin' from the truth

I won't stand and claim

That I'm finally free

I'm just learning' to live

With this beast in me

If perfection's the gate

Where only good men go

Then I'm the one they're keepin'

Buried in the dirt below

In the dirt below